Tag: Foreign
La Bola Negra Fails to Tie Together Its Promising Elements (Middleburg Film Festival)
A new film from Spain has been the subject of much pride and anticipation for the country as an intricate tale depicting their rich history and creativity. Inspired by the unfinished story of the same name by poet…
Read More »The Complications of Post-War Germany Come Alive in Fatherland
Set in 1949 Germany, Fatherland tracks the return of famed German writer Professor Thomas Mann (Hanns Zischler) to his country as he’s set to receive a Goethe Prize for his work in Frankfurt. While there, Professor Mann is…
Read More »No Other Choice Continues Park Chan-wook’s Directorial Mastery
Modern work culture and the future of labor are hot topics in our current moment. The rise of AI and skyrocketing inflation and cost of living in the midst of a recession has many wondering how much more…
Read More »The Secret Agent Deftly Depicts Quiet Strength in the Midst of Chaos (Middleburg Film Festival)
We are currently in an era of films seeking to explore the global rise in authoritarianism and the way in which our society is responding to the moment. The uptick in this style of storytelling makes cutting through…
Read More »Sentimental Value Lives By Its Actors Empathetic Performances (Middleburg Film Festival)
2021’s The Worst Person in the World was a critical darling upon its release and announced writer/director Joachim Trier and actress Renate Reinsve as two talents on the rise in the film world. Their followup film has finally…
Read More »Left-Handed Girl: A Slice of Alice Character Study with a Twist (Middleburg Film Festival)
Fresh off of his stellar Oscar winning run last year for Anora, Sean Baker’s first foray back into theaters is as a co-writer and producer of a Taiwanese film by director/writer Shih-Ching Tsou. Left-Handed Girl tracks the lives…
Read More »It Was Just An Accident Presents a Compelling Moral Dilemma
Iranian writer/director Jafar Panahi has been through quite a lot in his determination to speak against the Iranian regime. Jailed twice over the past 15 years for being accused of producing propaganda against the state and conducting a…
Read More »I’m Still Here and Quiet Strength
I’m Still Here tells the true story of Eunice Paiva (Fernanda Torres), the wife of a former Brazilian politician Rubens Paiva (Selton Mello) who finds himself a target of the Brazilian military dictatorship of the 1970s. After Ruben…
Read More »Radical Shows That Sentiment Can Still Be Impactful (Sundance Film Festival)
On the surface, Radical would seem to be too much of the same to be an entertaining film; a sentimental film about a hopeful, enthusiastic teacher that must overcome systemic and administrative obstacles to reach the hard scrabble…
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Fjord Goes Deep on the Topical Subject of Immigrant Assimilation
The issue of assimilation by immigrants has been a very hot topic in the world of politics this decade and a new film attempts to explore the nuances. In Fjord, Mihai and Lisbet Gheorghiu (Sebastián Stan and Renate…
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